HAWKEYE VIEW: Praises Rhoads’, Remembers Another Coach

Matt Whitaker played tight end on the 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes Rose Bowl team. But he admitted his rival’s current coach’s post-game speech could be one of the best in state football history. Whitaker is also a Republican candidate for the U.S. senate next year.

Whitaker said “it’s up there” when asked if Rhoads’ speech was one of the best. But he added, “I remember (former Cyclone wrestler and Hawkeye head wrestling coach) Dan Gable saying it best that if you’re in a position when a referee’s call determines the outcome of the game, then you deserve to lose.”